Britain has been hit with nearly 30,000 deaths from coronavirus over the past several weeks, with only Italy seeing more in all of Europe. But according to the European Union agency for disease control, Britain is still one of five countries on the continent that hasn’t seen the worst of COVID-19.

Andrea Ammon, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, told lawmakers that Britain’s coronavirus cases have seen “no substantial changes in the last 14 days," grouping it with Poland, Romania and Sweden as countries in the same situation. (Bulgaria is seeing an increase in cases as well.)

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This statement contradicts the official line from the British government. On Thursday, in the week that he returned to work after a serious illness from a coronavirus infection, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed the country was “on the downward slope” with regard to its cases.

The silver lining to this news, however, is that it means a majority of European countries have, in fact, seen a clear drop in cases.

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“As of Saturday, it appears that the initial wave of transmission (in Europe) has passed its peak,” she said.